Shaving-brush.



W. H. LOPP.

SHAVING BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12, 1909 Patented July 13, 1909.

artoznu hrush is nuinipuluted e KENT ' FlllQE.

SHAVIH G-BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Application filed Jnnuery 12, 1909. SeriaLNo. 471,949.

To all whom it 'may'conee'rn:

Be it known that I, lViLilmM ll. LOFT, a citizen of the United States, residine- Sen Francisco, in the county of Sun l runcisco and State of Culiforniu, have invented certain new and useful lni jirovemeuts in Shaving-Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates broudly to b "hes designed for use upon the human skin, and more particularly to that class of such brushes adapted to apply soup and produce lather upon the face for the purpose of shaving.

In such brushes as new in geueiul. use a group of flexible bristles 'ttuched to suitable handle is provided which bends when pressed. against the .t'uce to produce,

with soup and water. a lather to soften the beard. it has been found, h never, that the rubbing produced by the pressure of the bristles in forming the lather is insuliicient to adequately work the lather into the base of the heirs of the heard to soften thenn and to do this properly it is the custom of shavers to use their lingers to work the lather in after it has been produced by the brush. This involves considerable time and trouble, to obi wh ch is the ct of my invention. v

It is old to place a pad among the bristles of the shuvir l'u'ush, but this ever the surface of .he skin without iiuu'oughly working the lather in sound the heirs of the heard to soften them.

In carrying out my invention. pri'wide a. brush i u flexible i. i uitable propel-tie: les .d posed among them in r that as the to produce the lath i" upon the face, the time work it in of the beard to .0 both time mm mm: ion or the thoroughly An embodiment. my trutcd in the accompunyin; in like re'li'erence churscie. sponding parts throughout ures. and in whiclu Figure l :1 View pmtl preferred form of bru verse section of 1 C: no

.;:--a2; Figs. 3, at, 5 and (3 show various inodilied forms of the massage means, the brush handle beiug brolcen away; Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 1.0 are transverse sectional views of further modifications.

Referring to the drawings, and first pur- (iiculurly to Fig. 1, A indicates the brush handle and 13 the group of bristles, both of which may be or" any welbhnowu or suitable materials, the bristles being attached to the handle in any suitable manner, as by a band C.

The message means is represented at .D, and consists preferably of u flexible rubber linger provided at its base with a recess adapted to take over a. projection a of the bundle. The finger D is located preferably centrally in the group of bristles B, as shown and when placed forms with the band C an ellicient nieuns of securing the Lu'istles upon the handle. The length of the nuissage linger l) relatively to the length of the bristles B is of great illll'JOltEUlCU, because it too long the bristles can not be properly i'uanipulsted to produce the lather, and if too short the linger will not reach to inassuge the skin. The length of massage linger D should be such that the linger will contact with the face under hitherp1.-oduciug llcxure of the bristles, and this length l have found re be npproxinmtely about one-half that of the bristles, but may be varied to :1 reasonable degree. The form of nuissuge linger shown in Fig. 1 consists of a core (Z having lateral ridges 1] extending slightly beyond the endv ot' the linger. \Vheu the bristles are flexed in producing the lather these ridges and their end projections come in con-- tact with the skin and massage the szuue, working the lather into the pores and around the base of the heirs of the beard.

Fig. 23 l. have shown the simplest form invention, a plain, solid rubber linger cxible in any direction under lateral 7 while Fig. %ishows a pluiu finger do hollow.

. 5 shows the inusugelinger (5* made r in Fig 3, and provided at its conwith touts 1 which Mll materially i el'licicncy.

Slli l. :L eels (,Z, mou. ted upon T shows in section another form of In Fig. 8 the finger is shown solid, but longitudinal grooves dividing its sides into ridges cZ segmental in cross-section.

In Fig. 9 the bristles B are shown surrounded by segment-shaped strips 03",

while in Fig. 10 these strips have bristles 3 with a suitable handle and a group of flexible bristles, of a band for attaching said bristles to the handle, and a finger of resilient material shorter than 'said bristles flexible in any direction under lateral pressure located centrally among. said bristles and exerting pressure to assist said band to bind the bristles,'substantiall as described.

'3. In a shaving brush, t ecombination with a suitable handle having a projection, of a group of flexible bristles, a finger of resilient material located among said bristles and formed With a recess in its base taking over said projection; and attaching means engaging said handle, pressing the bristles against the baseof said finger, and compressing the base of said finger against said projection, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM H. LOPP. \Vitnesses:

C. A. SANDERS, W. T. Hnss; 

